The School of Information is UC Berkeley’s newest professional school. Located in the center of campus, the I School is a graduate research and education community committed to expanding access to information and to improving its usability, reliability, and credibility while preserving security and privacy.

The School of Information's courses bridge the disciplines of information and computer science, design, social sciences, management, law, and policy. We welcome interest in our graduate-level Information classes from current UC Berkeley graduate and undergraduate students and community members. More information about signing up for classes.

Keynote Speaker: Amit Bhattacharyya

Amit Bhattacharyya is the Head of Data Science at Vox Media, a modern media company focused on connecting with passionate and curious audiences. Amit works across all of Vox’s web properties in developing models to better understand audiences as well as working to deliver innovative product solutions such as personalization and recommendations to the platform.

Previously, he has led data science initiatives at both an education technology startup and an advertising agency. He started his career working as a quantitative analyst at various banks and hedge funds in New York City for 12 years.

Amit has been teaching in the MIDS program since 2016. He has enjoyed teaching courses diverse as introductory Python, data storage, and machine learning most recently. He particularly enjoys bringing real-world examples from his work into the classroom.

He received a Ph.D. in physics from Indiana University. He is a UC Berkeley alumnus, having majored in astrophysics and classics and a proud and long-suffering Cal football fan. Teaching has always been a passion of his and having a strong connection to his alma mater has been a dream come true.

In his spare time, he rides his road bike year-round, goes skiing at the first sign of powder, and dabbles with machine learning algorithms for fantasy football. He lives in New Rochelle, NY, with his wife and two teenage daughters, both of who have been known to occasionally show up for a MIDS class or two.